Question 1

Franz Boas had a guiding influence on Margaret Mead.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Margaret Mead got most of her information on the behavior of adolescents in Samoa from:

Accepted Answer

A)  accounts of travelers and missionaries 
B)  newspaper accounts and government reports 
C)  watching ethnographic films 
D)  interviewing young women 
A)  accounts of travelers and missionaries 
B)  newspaper accounts and government reports 
C)  watching ethnographic films 
D)  interviewing young women

Question 3

The use of government legislation to prohibit or limit homosexual behavior is a practice that:

Accepted Answer

A)  has been universally adopted by civilized nations of both the East and West 
B)  reflects cross-cultural values shared by human societies worldwide 
C)  is still common in the U.S. despite its abandonment by other Western nations 
D)  is justified on the basis of scientific evidence for social degeneration 
A)  has been universally adopted by civilized nations of both the East and West 
B)  reflects cross-cultural values shared by human societies worldwide 
C)  is still common in the U.S. despite its abandonment by other Western nations 
D)  is justified on the basis of scientific evidence for social degeneration

Question 4

The hijras of India are anatomically male at the time of their birth. However, after having their genitals surgically removed, they dress like females and engage in certain male-only activities like smoking water pipes. In Indian society, they are considered to be:

Accepted Answer

A)  social deviants 
B)  men 
C)  women 
D)  a third gender 
A)  social deviants 
B)  men 
C)  women 
D)  a third gender

Question 5

Inbreeding results in the creation of harmful genes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The field of structural anthropology, founded by Lévi-Strauss, has, as one of its basic premises, the notion that there is a "deep universal structure" to cultural phenomena. According to Lévi-Strauss, this structure is characterized by:

Accepted Answer

A)  thought in images and symbols, completely divorced from language 
B)  cognitive patterns that reflect hierarchical social relations 
C)  the development of consciousness through personal revelations 
D)  reasoning based on the construction of pairs of opposites (binary contrasts) 
A)  thought in images and symbols, completely divorced from language 
B)  cognitive patterns that reflect hierarchical social relations 
C)  the development of consciousness through personal revelations 
D)  reasoning based on the construction of pairs of opposites (binary contrasts)

Question 7

According to psychologist Jean Piaget, the "preoperational stage" - corresponding roughly to ages 2 through 7 - is characterized by:

Accepted Answer

A)  experience of the world only through physical contact 
B)  the use of logic to connect events in terms of cause and effect 
C)  the ability to distinguish between fantasy and objective reality 
D)  the use of reasoning processes and abstract symbols to understand the world 
A)  experience of the world only through physical contact 
B)  the use of logic to connect events in terms of cause and effect 
C)  the ability to distinguish between fantasy and objective reality 
D)  the use of reasoning processes and abstract symbols to understand the world

Question 8

Freeman's research suggests biological influences play a significant role in adolescent behavior.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

After spending nine months in Samoa and working with individuals in three different villages, Margaret Mead concluded that:

Accepted Answer

A)  Samoan society differed little from that of the U.S. in the 1920s 
B)  many key elements of Samoan culture had diffused from Thailand 
C)  Franz Boas' theories of cultural relativism had serious flaws 
D)  becoming an adult was less stressful in Samoa than in the U.S. 
A)  Samoan society differed little from that of the U.S. in the 1920s 
B)  many key elements of Samoan culture had diffused from Thailand 
C)  Franz Boas' theories of cultural relativism had serious flaws 
D)  becoming an adult was less stressful in Samoa than in the U.S.

Question 10

Personality is a combination of enculturation and biologically-based predispositions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Nests built in a particular shape by a single species of bird are examples of:

Accepted Answer

A)  material culture 
B)  cultural adaptation 
C)  instinctual behavior 
D)  learned behavior 
A)  material culture 
B)  cultural adaptation 
C)  instinctual behavior 
D)  learned behavior

Question 12

Apart from illegality, what are some of the reasons why people avoid participating in incestuous relationships?

Accepted Answer

Apart from the legal prohibitions agains

Question 13

Human needs for food and sex are:

Accepted Answer

A)  drives 
B)  instincts 
C)  obsessions 
D)  learned behavior 
A)  drives 
B)  instincts 
C)  obsessions 
D)  learned behavior

Question 14

Evolutionary psychologists emphasize innate human predispositions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

In her classic work Patterns of Culture (1934), Ruth Benedict used the terms "Apollonian" and "Dionysian" to describe:

Accepted Answer

A)  cultural "personalities" of Pueblo and Plains Indians 
B)  religious cults of northern and southern Greece 
C)  rituals of warfare and celebration in the South Pacific 
D)  contrasting models of cultural diffusion 
A)  cultural "personalities" of Pueblo and Plains Indians 
B)  religious cults of northern and southern Greece 
C)  rituals of warfare and celebration in the South Pacific 
D)  contrasting models of cultural diffusion

Question 16

Based on your own experience of different ethnic groups, do you agree with the theory that there are specific personality types that are common in certain cul?tures? Discuss the reasons why you agree or disagree.

Accepted Answer

As an individual, I cannot speak for all

Question 17

There are some human societies where homosexuality is considered normal behavior.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

What are some of the ways in which decisions influenced by one's culture can regularly override basic human drives to: 1) eat, 2) sleep, and 3) have sex?

Accepted Answer

1) Eating: In some cultures, certain foo

Question 19

Recent research in new types of psychological anthropology shows that children are not passive recipients during enculturation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Incest avoidance is a universal practice among all known human societies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Franz Boas had a guiding influence on Margaret Mead.

Margaret Mead got most of her information on the behavior of adolescents in Samoa from:

The use of government legislation to prohibit or limit homosexual behavior is a practice that:

The hijras of India are anatomically male at the time of their birth. However, after having their genitals surgically removed, they dress like females and engage in certain male-only activities like smoking water pipes. In Indian society, they are considered to be:

Inbreeding results in the creation of harmful genes.

The field of structural anthropology, founded by Lévi-Strauss, has, as one of its basic premises, the notion that there is a "deep universal structure" to cultural phenomena. According to Lévi-Strauss, this structure is characterized by:

According to psychologist Jean Piaget, the "preoperational stage" - corresponding roughly to ages 2 through 7 - is characterized by:

Freeman's research suggests biological influences play a significant role in adolescent behavior.

After spending nine months in Samoa and working with individuals in three different villages, Margaret Mead concluded that:

Personality is a combination of enculturation and biologically-based predispositions.

Nests built in a particular shape by a single species of bird are examples of:

Apart from illegality, what are some of the reasons why people avoid participating in incestuous relationships?

Human needs for food and sex are:

Evolutionary psychologists emphasize innate human predispositions.

In her classic work Patterns of Culture (1934), Ruth Benedict used the terms "Apollonian" and "Dionysian" to describe:

Based on your own experience of different ethnic groups, do you agree with the theory that there are specific personality types that are common in certain cul?tures? Discuss the reasons why you agree or disagree.

There are some human societies where homosexuality is considered normal behavior.

What are some of the ways in which decisions influenced by one's culture can regularly override basic human drives to: 1) eat, 2) sleep, and 3) have sex?

Recent research in new types of psychological anthropology shows that children are not passive recipients during enculturation.

Incest avoidance is a universal practice among all known human societies.

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Exam 4: The Process of Enculturation: Psychological and Cognitive Anthropology

Franz Boas had a guiding influence on Margaret Mead.

Margaret Mead got most of her information on the behavior of adolescents in Samoa from:

The use of government legislation to prohibit or limit homosexual behavior is a practice that:

The hijras of India are anatomically male at the time of their birth. However, after having their genitals surgically removed, they dress like females and engage in certain male-only activities like smoking water pipes. In Indian society, they are considered to be:

Inbreeding results in the creation of harmful genes.

The field of structural anthropology, founded by Lévi-Strauss, has, as one of its basic premises, the notion that there is a "deep universal structure" to cultural phenomena. According to Lévi-Strauss, this structure is characterized by:

According to psychologist Jean Piaget, the "preoperational stage" - corresponding roughly to ages 2 through 7 - is characterized by:

Freeman's research suggests biological influences play a significant role in adolescent behavior.

After spending nine months in Samoa and working with individuals in three different villages, Margaret Mead concluded that:

Personality is a combination of enculturation and biologically-based predispositions.

Nests built in a particular shape by a single species of bird are examples of:

Apart from illegality, what are some of the reasons why people avoid participating in incestuous relationships?

Human needs for food and sex are:

Evolutionary psychologists emphasize innate human predispositions.

In her classic work Patterns of Culture (1934), Ruth Benedict used the terms "Apollonian" and "Dionysian" to describe:

Based on your own experience of different ethnic groups, do you agree with the theory that there are specific personality types that are common in certain cul?tures? Discuss the reasons why you agree or disagree.

There are some human societies where homosexuality is considered normal behavior.

What are some of the ways in which decisions influenced by one's culture can regularly override basic human drives to: 1) eat, 2) sleep, and 3) have sex?

Recent research in new types of psychological anthropology shows that children are not passive recipients during enculturation.

Incest avoidance is a universal practice among all known human societies.

Introduction to Anthropology

Human Evolution

Culture

Language

Anthropological Explanations

Analyzing Sociocultural Systems

Band Societies

Tribes

Chiefdoms

Agricultural States

Industrial States

Globalization, Culture, and Indigenous Societies

Globalization in Latin America, africa, and the Caribbean

Globalization in the Middle East and Asia

Race and Ethnicity

Contemporary Global Trends

Applied Anthropology

Filters